Shot on location, with sparkling dialogue and lively performances from its young ensemble cast, this engaging and intelligent drama bears all the hallmarks of director Gerry O’Hara’s (That Kind of Girl, All the Right Noises) assured style.

Alternative complete export cut (Blu-ray only, 85 mins)

Export version scenes (DVD only, 13 mins)

Original theatrical trailer

The Rocking Horse (James Scott, 1962, 25 mins): an atmospheric short about a romantic encounter between a teddy boy and an artist, shot on location in London’s West End

“This film is remarkable for just how tense, brutal and nasty it is…lays the groundwork for THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES.”
–Cinema De Merde

“Plenty of bloodshed and first-rate photography by Vilmos Zsigmond (CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND)”
–TV Guide
“School’s out, teacher!” — Arch Hall, Jr. Delivers the Performance of His Career in James Landis’ Unforgettable Psycho Killer Chiller…

Alameda, CA (April, 2010) – Musician and Film Historian Johnny Legend is proud to announce the High Definition debut of James Landis’ epic low-budget psychological thriller, THE SADIST on Blu-ray. Widely regarded as one of the greatest B-Movie thrillers ever, THE SADIST stars cult movie icon Arch Hall, Jr. (Wild Guitar, Eegah!) as a deranged young murderer who holds three hapless schoolteachers at gunpoint one fateful afternoon under the Southern Californian sun.

Based in part on the real-life thrill-killings of the infamous Charles Starkweather, THE SADIST was banned upon its original 1963 release in Finland and also rejected in UK cinemas due to its disturbing nature. But that hasn’t stopped it from becoming a true cult classic: THE SADIST has been thrilling and terrorizing audiences alike ever since Johnny Legend first unleashed the nearly-forgotten frightfest on VHS in the 1980s via Rhino Home Video. Since then, the appeal for both THE SADIST – as well its star, Arch Hall, Jr. — has grown exponentially with cult movie aficionados and mainstream moviegoers the world over.